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Managing Complex Older Adults With Depression
2025 AANP National Conference
Credit(s):
0.8 Contact Hour(s) of CE; 0.4 of which may be applied towards Pharmacology
Released: 07/17/2025 Expires: 07/31/2027 (subject to change)
CE for this activity will not be available after this date.
This activity includes closed captioning.
Delivery Note: The content for this activity was presented during the 2025 AANP National Conference. If you already completed the content of this activity (session ID 25.6.023) while attending the live or virtual conference, you should not complete this content a second time. Learners should only complete ONE delivery-method to earn credit. Completing multiple delivery options for the same activity is considered duplicate credit for the same content and will not be accepted by regulatory bodies.
Overview Treating older adults with antidepressants is almost always complex and often involves treatment-resistance (when the first or second medication choice does not work). Practitioners need to know the most effective, and safest, medication strategies, including treatment augmentation. A recently completed clinical trial funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, provides evidence to guide practitioners and their patients towards the most effective and safest antidepressant strategies. Drawing on that and other high-quality clinical trials, the speakers will describe a clinical algorithm for treating depression in older adults. They will also describe their own real-world experience as a geriatric psychiatrist and nurse practitioner dyad in treating older adults with depression, including dealing with cognitive impairment, medical multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and the need to educate and support families. Objectives
Describe causes of clinical complexity in late-life depression care.
Describe strategies for maximizing benefits and minimizing risks of late-life depression treatment.
Describe subtypes of late-life depression that are more treatment resistant.
Speakers Eric Lenze, MD Megan Morgenthaler, DNP, PMHNP Disclosure This program was planned in accordance with AANP CE Standards and Policies.
The speakers have the following disclosures:
Eric Lenze
Research Support (non-government)
Emergent Ventures FastGrants
Balvi
Speakers Bureau
N/A
Patents
N/A
Consultant
None in the past two years
I own no stocks or equity in any pharmaceutical company
Megan Morgenthaler
Nothing to disclose.
All relevant financial relationships are mitigated.
This session developed as part of the AANP Clinical Effectiveness Research Initiative (CERi),funded by Eugene Washington PCORI’s Engagement Award (EADI #35224). Views/opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect views/positions of AANP/PCORI.
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0.8 Contact Hour(s) of CE, 0.4 of which may be applied towards Pharmacology
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